Pitching horseshoe



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UNITED STATES PATENT 1 OFFICE PITCHING HORSESHOE Melvin Flick,Stillwater, Okla.

Application September 20, 1935, Serial No. 41,468

This invention relates to a 1 Claim.

pitching game piece for the game of pitching horseshoes which game pieceis tossed at a peg for the purpose of ringing the peg with the horseshoeor game piece.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a spur on the inneredge of the crown of the horseshoe which projects between the legsthereof so as to strike the peg and turn the body of the horseshoe orgame game piece is retained in embraced relation ringpiece whereby theing the .peg instead of bouncing free of the peg as customarily happenswhen the'crown has no spur.

Further objects of the invention are to provide a a pitching horseshoeof the character referred to that is strong, compact and. durable,adaptable for meeting the regulations ing, that is well balanced ofhorseshoe pitchand easily handled in pitching horseshoes, and that iscomparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists of anovel construction,

combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter morespecifically described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing,wherein is disclosed an embodiment of the invention, but it is to beunderstood that changes, variations, and modifications may be resortedto without departing from the spirit of the claim hereunto appended.

In the drawing wherein like reference characters denote correspondingparts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the game piece or pitching horseshoeconstructed in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof. Figure 3 is a vertical sectiontaken substantially on line 3-3 of Figure Referring to the drawing indetail A indicates the U-shaped body portion of the game piece orpitching horseshoe. The weight of the entire assembled body is designedto form a well balanced mass when the entire weight is two pounds andsix ounces.

The entire body portion is as to be counted. a ringer.

The innermost wall of these recesses is inset with respect to the inneredge of the legs.

In the game of horseshoes the space B between the legs and the crownconstitutes the area which counts a ringer when the peg lies at anypoint within this area. The one face II of the body is flat and theother face I2 is likewise fiat. The planes of the two faces areparallel.

At a point where the legs 4, 5 merge with the prongs I, 8 there aresecured the frusto-conical caulks I3, I4, respectively. Projecting fromthe same face I2 as the caulks I3, I4 is a caulk I5. This caulk islocated at the center of the crown portion 6. Caulk I5 is larger acrossthe base than the caulks I3, I4. The caulk I5 is also higher than thecaulks I3, I4. The side of the caulk I5 facing the space B is fiat as atI6. From the center of the inner edge of the crown portion 6 projects aspur IT. The forward portion of the spur is rounded or blunt while thesides I8, I9 curve inwardly and merge with the inner edges of the crown.

When the gamepiece or horseshoe A is pitched and slides over the peg thespur I! will strike the peg and turn the body so that the legs on eitherside thereof will be brought into bearing relation with the peg and holdthe body in ring- 'ing relation about the peg.

The spur I7 is the same in thickness as the crown and legs of thehorseshoe body, and extends into the space B between the legsapproximately one-half of the width of the crown portion. The blunt freeend of the spur lies on a line centrally between the legs and alsocentrally between the confronting ends of the prongs.

The regulations of the National Association provides that the shoe shallnot be longer than seven and one-half inches and. my shoe is seven andone-quarter inches and the regulations further provide that the shoeshall not be wider than seven inches and not more than three andone-half inches between prongs and mine is seven inches wide and threeand three-eighths inches between the prongs.

Having described my invention, what I claim A pitching shoe comprising aU-shaped member including a crown and integral straight legs mergingwith the crown, said member formed of a bar of uniform thickness withopposed faces thereof in continuous parallelism, a blunt spur projectinginwardly from the center of the inner edge of the crown for a distancesubstantially equivalent to one half the width of the crown,

the sides of the spur curving outwardly and toward the crown so as tostrike the peg and turn the member about the peg to prevent the shoefrom bouncing free of the peg, the free ends of the legs formed withinwardly directed prongs forming a restricted opening between thestraight legs so as to catch the peg and hold the shoe,

said prongs and legs merging on the inner edge in a recess inset withrespect to the inside edge of the legs, and frusto-conical calksdepending from one face of the member, one being located at the freeends of the legs and another 5 in the center of the crown.

MELVIN FLICK.

